Atomic Icons

At the dawn of the “Second Nuclear Age” it is appropriate to consider the most significant development in human history since the ability to make fire. Through an oblique approach that combines the two traditions of landscape and history painting. Ian Amell explores our fatal attraction to nuclear energy. Reminiscent of religious icons, we are in awe of atomic cloud formations. In effect we deify nuclear explosions and their mystique evokes both fear and
a sense of beauty